My Courtyard Refuge

Drain from the bottom of the pot

“Brother Xu, the yard of your house is quite nice, especially the location is very good, it’s a bit quiet in the middle of the noise.”

Li Chao looked at the courtyard house, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, which was much more pleasing to the eye than his own big villa.

Dad Xu said a few words politely, and after introducing Xu Ma and Yang Lina, he took Li Chao to the place where the dried goods and bacon were stored. All the goods were packed into cardboard boxes and neatly stacked.

“Brother Li, do you want to check?”

Of course, Li Chao would not make such a low-level mistake, and naturally stepped forward to randomly check a few cardboard boxes.

There is no problem with air-dried goods, but the bacon is a bit dry, the color is dull, and the taste may be slightly worse, but it is not harmful.

“No problem, I am very satisfied with this batch.”

Father Xu was very happy, and immediately invited Li Chao into the living room, and the next step was the specific transaction process.

As soon as Li Chao entered the living room, he felt a rush of heat, so he asked curiously:

“Brother Xu, is your home also equipped with a diesel generator?”

Dad Xu shook his head, pointed to the top of his head, and explained: “It’s not a diesel generator. The roof is covered with solar tiles. My home uses solar power.”

“No wonder you didn’t hear the sound of the engine. Your house has been renovated for a few years, right? Solar power generation has only become popular in the past two years.”

“The house was bought last year, and the solar energy was installed at that time.” Dad Xu replied.

Li Chao nodded: “That makes sense.”

As soon as Father Xu and Li Chao sat down, Mother Xu came over with two cups of tea, and said casually, “It’s not a good tea, you should just quench your thirst.”

“Thank you!” Li Chao thanked quickly.

After Xu’s mother served tea, she didn’t leave, she turned around and sat next to Xu’s father, it seemed that she was worried about Xu’s father collecting money alone.

As for Xu Dong, out of sight and out of mind, he took the two Coco sisters to hide on the second floor to play games.

The three chatted a few words about homework, and then the main event came.

Li Chao returned to the cab of the truck, took out a bulging black convenience bag from inside, then returned to the living room, and handed it directly to Dad Xu.

Dad Xu opened it and saw that there were bundles of hundred-yuan bills inside.

Mama Xu was also well prepared. She had asked for a banknote detector from Xu Dong before, and the old couple acted as a counterfeit machine.He inspected the banknotes in Li Chao’s face.

After checking it three times, there is no more cents, no less cents, and there is not a single counterfeit note.

“Exactly 600,000, Brother Li, we’ve paid off both money and goods.”

Dad Xu stretched out his right hand and shook the other party vigorously, with a bright smile on his face unconsciously.

Li Chao also smiled, and finally made a so-called small request:

“Brother Xu, can you help me move the goods, I can’t move so many boxes by myself.”

Dad Xu waved his hand: “Even if you don’t mention the matter of our duty, we won’t stand by and watch. It would be embarrassing to talk about it.”

Yang Lina also nodded beside her and said yes, she was the happiest one when the family got 600,000 in one go, after all, her husband can’t count on him, and the family can’t just sit and eat.

Seeing that everyone started to move the goods, Mama Xu rushed upstairs and shouted, “Dongzi, hurry down and move the goods.”

Despite his reluctance, Xu Dong came down with his two daughters. His parents were working hard, so it was hard to justify him not showing up again.

Xu Dong greeted Boss Li and joined the moving team.

Although looking at each other is not pleasing to the eye, but at least politeness is indispensable, and we must set a good example for the children.

When Li Chao saw the twins, he boasted casually: “Brother Xu, your granddaughters are so cute, how old are they this year?”

“Six years old, just entered the first grade of elementary school.”

Dad Xu introduced, and then asked the twins to start calling.

“Grandpa Li is good!”

Li Chao seemed very happy, and stuffed a big red envelope for each of the twins on the spot. The red envelope was prepared before they came.

Half an hour later, the pickup truck left the courtyard. Xu Dong felt lost and relieved at the same time.

The meat is gone, people are happy!

Just sell it, anyway, there are still a lot in the warehouse, and the happiness of the family is the most important thing.

At least with this income, they can feel at ease.

In the evening, the family sat in the living room, discussing what to do with the money.

What Xu Ma and Yang Lina meant was to deposit it in the bank for emergencies, which is also the intention of ordinary women, pursuing stability.

Dad Xu meant to continue to open a convenience store. With this experience of “making a lot of money”, he has more confidence in opening a store.

In this regard, Xu Dong clearly opposed it.

“Our family made money this time, relying on the dried goods and bacon that Mom and Nana worked so hard to make, and it has nothing to do with a dime in the convenience store.”

Dad Xu just wanted to refute, but was stopped by Xu Dong: “Dad, listen to me first.”

Xu Dongyu persuaded earnestly:

“In the current environment, even if you open a new store, you can’t decorate it, you can’t find supply channels, and you may not even be able to get a business license.

We’d better wait until we talk about it, at least until the water, electricity, and Internet are connected, and it won’t be too late to open a store by then. ”

Mama Xu felt that her son was right, so she helped to persuade her: “Old man, why don’t you wait any longer, otherwise, how can we lose money if the rent is tens of thousands a month?”

Dad Xu thought about it, and felt that he was too anxious, as if he was overwhelmed by the 600,000 yuan, and he was indeed a bit irrational.

So he said in a good manner: “Okay, let’s talk about it in two months.”

…

The next morning, after a night of thinking, Xu Dong felt that he couldn’t go on like this.

Last night, besides talking about opening a new store, because the store was out of stock, Father Xu also asked him about the supplies in the basement.

Although temporarily fooled by him, but the sign is very bad!

After learning from the painful experience, Xu Dong decided to “kill relatives with righteousness”.

===Section 21===

In the afternoon, Xu Dong prepared to go out on the pretext of looking for a new supplier, but Xu’s father had no doubts.

Putting on the mask, Xu Dong quickly found an old woman in her fifties.

I heard from the neighbors that the old lady has a hot personality and loves to take advantage of small things, so her reputation is very bad.

It was this kind of person that Xu Dong was looking for.

“You mean, give me 5,000 yuan and let me go to the convenience store to make trouble?” the old aunt asked suspiciously.

Xu Dong nodded: “That’s right, not only to make trouble, but also to report to the Health Bureau.”

“Isn’t this illegal?” The old lady was a little scared.

Xu Dong explained: “You don’t need to do the planting. You just need to be responsible for making troubles. Simply making troubles doesn’t break the law.”

The old aunt finally agreed under the temptation of 10,000 yuan.

In less than half an hour, the two discussed the specific plan.

Then, the good show started.

At around five o’clock in the afternoon, the old lady came to the Coke convenience store to buy something, and in full view of everyone, she found a dead mouse from the rice box.

The dead mouse is naturally Xu Dong’s masterpiece.

It was the height of shopping at this time, and the news spread all of a sudden.

Even though Xu’s father expressed his willingness to compensate the old aunt for mental damage of 500 yuan, the old aunt was unmoved and insisted on calling the health bureau.

The final result of the matter was that the convenience store was closed for three months for rectification.

Holding the notice of punishment, Dad Xu looked as if he was a concubine, with an unbelievable expression on his face.

Xu Dong isHypocritically comforting from the side: “Dad, just take a vacation for yourself. Three months is not a long time, and the things in the store are almost sold out.”

Since it cannot be changed, Dad Xu can only accept it obediently. The father and son faced the afterglow of the setting sun and locked the door of the convenience store again.